well, he tells us so. he tells us, and he shows us so. and let me give just one example of how he does that. louis marcotte when he asks him to expunge one of these convictions, the second, aubrey wallace, he will testify that when he asked judge porteous to expunge this conviction, judge porteous says, i will do it, but not right now. i won't do this until after my senate confirmation. i'm not blowing a lifetime appointment to the bench to do this for you. and that's exactly what happens. he waits until after his senate confirmation, and just before be he's sworn in to expunge the conviction of aubrey wallace, now, why does he do it precisely then? obviously, he doesn't want to do it before the confirmation because he knows this would materially affect his confirmation. but why just before he's sworn in? well, he also knows the moment he's sworn into the federal bench, he's no longer in a position to expunge a conviction. it has to be exactly when and, in fact, the evidence will show that's exactly when he expunges the conviction. during